Shomen Uchi-dai Gokyo Advanced Japanese Aikido Techniques

Video Transcript

" On behalf of Expert Village my name is Ralph Reyes. I'm the Dojo-cho and the aikido instructor at Chi Martial Arts in Miami Shores, Florida. Today we are going to learn the advanced techniques in aikido. Okay our next advanced technique is called shomen uchi dai gokyo, and it involves an attack with a knife and it looks like this. Uke is going to attack me, and I want to, before the attack comes in, I want to make sure I get I meet the attack before he extends forward; and it looks like this. I grab the wrist, bring the elbow down, then by picking up the elbow and bring the wrist down, and applying pressure, you would make him open up the hand, and then I let go and we finish. In real time it should look like this. "